Stablemates up for Trentham Challenge

Latrelle and Old Bill Bone may not be ideally suited by the conditions of the Group 2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes at Trentham, but there’s belief they can rise to the occasion.

They will give trainer Cody Cole a decent hand in Saturday’s feature sprint at Trentham.

Latrelle and Old Bill Bone will be tested at weight-for-age company, earning the step up after performing well at handicap level.

“They’re obviously not that well suited, but I had a feeling the race may lack a bit of depth and it’s come up that way,” Cole said.

“It was a really good run at Wanganui last start by Latrelle and she was taking ground off two better performed horses (Spencer, Bedtime Story).”

The Redwood mare came from the back to finish third and will be ridden by Samantha Collett while Vinnie Colgan will guide the fortunes of her stablemate.

“Old Bill Bone is the improver, he’s still on the way up and always seems to find a way to get in the finish,” Cole said.

The son of Swiss Ace is a three-time winner from seven appearances and most recently got home well from a wide gate for third when resuming at Pukekohe.

“You never get a good line on him from trackwork, he’s so laid back whereas Latrelle has been working particularly well so they are hard to split.”